The wearing of a Red Coral (Moonga) makes the native courageous and a conqueror of his enemies. It is believed that the genuine Red Coral warns the wearer of coming ill health by changing its color. The Red Coral prevents from bad dreams and nightmares. It protects the wearer from evil spirits. A good and auspicious Coral possesses the following merits:

It is of an opaque red pigment of cinnabar or the Bimb" fruit. It is perfect. It is perfectly round or oval. It is very regular in shape. It is without any hole. It is smooth.

Flaws of Coral:
     1. There may be a black or white spot in the composition.
     2. There may be a crack on the surface on in the body.
     3. There may be more than one shades of color in the same piece.
     4. There may be a depression, bend or twist on the surface.

Who Should Wear Red Coral?

Red coral is the gemstone of Mars (Mangal). A person in whose birth chart Mars is lord of an auspicious house should wear coral. If Mars is lord of the inauspicious house in a birth chart, it will be harmful for the native to wear Red Coral.